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Monday, 3 November 2008

Top NASA Photos of All Time: Star Trek cast and the real Enterprise

Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine posted their picks for the 50 most memorable images from NASA's half-century history.

Shuttle Enterprise with cast of Star Trek, 1976 NASA’s prototype space shuttle was to have been named Constitution, but fans of the Star Trek TV show mounted a write-in campaign that led to it being named Enterprise. Here the show’s cast (minus William Shatner) poses with the test craft.